# Psalm 110 📖: The Priest King
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> [!info] Table of Contents
> [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]]
> [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]]
> [[#🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights]]
> [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]]
> [[#✝️ Christ in This Chapter]]
> [[#🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application]]
> [[#💬 Discussion Questions]]
> [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]]
> [[#🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference]]
> [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]]
> [[#📂 Internal Notes]]
## 📜 Scripture Text (NET)
(The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005)
[[#Verse 01.]] Here is the Lord’s proclamation to my lord:
“Sit down at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool.”
[[#Verse 02.]] The Lord extends your dominion from Zion.
Rule in the midst of your enemies.
[[#Verse 03.]] Your people willingly follow you when you go into battle.
On the holy hills at sunrise the dew of your youth belongs to you.
[[#Verse 04.]] The Lord makes this promise on oath and will not revoke it:
“You are an eternal priest after the pattern of Melchizedek.”
[[#Verse 05.]] O Lord, at your right hand
he strikes down kings in the day he unleashes his anger.
[[#Verse 06.]] He executes judgment against the nations.
He fills the valleys with corpses;
he shatters their heads over the vast battlefield.
[[#Verse 07.]] From the stream along the road he drinks;
then he lifts up his head.
## 📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary
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## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights
1. Psalm 110 is the Old Testament passage most often quoted or alluded to in the New Testament.
2. The heading attributes the psalm to David, and Jesus affirmed David spoke it by the Spirit (Mark 12:36).
3. In 110:1 the first "Lord" is God's covenant name (*Yahweh*) and the second is *Adonai*, "my lord" or master.
4. Peter quotes 110:1 at Pentecost to show that Jesus has been exalted to God's right hand (Acts 2:34-36).
5. Sitting at the right hand of a king was the place of highest honor and shared authority.
6. Making enemies a footstool reflects the ancient practice of a victor placing his foot on a defeated enemy (Joshua 10:24).
7. Melchizedek, mentioned in 110:4, was both king of Salem and priest of God Most High (Genesis 14:18).
8. Israel's kings were not allowed to act as priests (2 Chronicles 26:16-21), which makes a king who is also a priest remarkable.
9. Hebrews 5 to 7 builds its teaching on Christ's priesthood largely on 110:4.
10. The psalm is only seven verses long, yet it shapes much of the New Testament's teaching on Christ's exaltation.
## 🧠 Chapter Summary
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## ✝️ Christ in This Chapter
Christ is David's Lord who sits at God's right hand and is a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek (110:1, 4). Jesus applied this psalm to Himself (Matthew 22:41-45), and Hebrews builds on it (Hebrews 7:17).
## 🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application
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## 💬 Discussion Questions
1. Jesus used 110:1 to show that the Messiah is more than David's son; He is David's Lord (Matthew 22:41-45). What does that teach about who Jesus is?
2. God's people offer themselves willingly on the day of His power (110:3). What does willing service to King Jesus look like for you?
3. The Lord swore an oath that will not change (110:4). How does Christ's permanent priesthood give you confidence before God?
## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember
- 📖 verse 1: The Lord says to David's Lord, "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool."
- 📖 verse 3: His people volunteer willingly on the day of His power.
- 📖 verse 4: The Lord has sworn that He is a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.
## 🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference
- 🔗 [[Matthew 22#Verse 41.|Matthew 22:41-46]] - Jesus asks how David's son can be David's Lord.
- 🔗 [[Acts 02#Verse 32.|Acts 2:32-36]] - God has made Jesus both Lord and Christ.
- 🔗 [[Hebrews 01#Verse 13.|Hebrews 1:13]] - Sit at My right hand.
- 🔗 [[Hebrews 07#Verse 15.|Hebrews 7:15-17]] - A priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.
- 🔗 [[Genesis 14#Verse 18.|Genesis 14:18-20]] - Melchizedek blesses Abram.
## 🙏 Devotional Reflection
📝 SOAP: [[Psalm 110- SOAP|The Lord Wins]]
## 📂 Internal Notes